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Jackson Arthur

★ August 28, 1935 · Aberdeen, Scotland
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Moon Sign
Leo
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Sun Sign
Leo
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Ascendant
Cancer
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Nakshatra
Magha
Birth Star
Current Dasha · Saturn / Venus / Venus · Jun 2026 – Dec 2026
Criminal casesMilitaryTravel for workUnemployed more than 5 yrsLife Path 9Destiny Number 6Soul Number 6Personality Number 9
Biography

Who is Jackson Arthur?

Scottish homicide; a scary, demented killer. He confessed to killing two people during a bank heist in 1969 and in 1982, stalked and attacked actress Theresa Saldana in Hollywood. Raised by an alcoholic dad and a schizophrenic mom, he was an odd and fanatical child, often lost in fantasy. He fixated on a neighbor girl when he was as young as ten. At 13, he had his first sex with an older boy. At 17, he had his first nervous breakdown after a series of unrequited attachments and spent a year in a psychiatric hospital. Jackson began a lonely, aimless odyssey, working in London as a kitchen porter, moving to Toronto Canada where he worked in a zoo and to New York, taking menial jobs. He joined the U.S. Army in 1955 where he fell in love with a disinterested soldier. He had his second nervous breakdown. For his 21st birthday, he made a suicide attempt with pills. After an Army discharge, he returned to Scotland in 1961 after making a threat to President John F. Kennedy. He moved a lot, a vagrant on the dole. In 1979 he saw Theresa Saldana in a movie and envisioned her as the girl of his dreams. He wrote in his diary that he could win her by "sending her into eternity." In early 1982 he entered the U.S. illegally and began tracking her, making cross-country bus trips to find her. He got her address from a private investigator whom he hired. On the morning of 3/15/1982, Jackson waited near Saldanas apartment in West Hollywood. When she exited, he asked, "Pardon me, are you Theresa Saldana?" When she answered "Yes," he began to stab her with a hunting knife, so often and hard that the knife bent. Jeff Fenn, a delivery man, rushed to her aid, wresting the knife away from Jackson. Saldana was rushed to the hospital where she had heart-lung surgery that required 26 pints of blood. She recovered. Jackson was given 12 years prison on his plea of manslaughter due to diminished response; diagnosed as a chronic paranoid schizophrenic. He was released on 6/15/1989 after serving just seven years of his sentence. On release, he was deported to London where he was convicted of the murder of Anthony Fletcher, 33, during the 1967 bank robbery. He served another five years and was then confined to a prison mental hospital 1/29/1997, London.
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Which planetary combinations are in Jackson Arthur's birth chart?

1 FOUND

Jackson Arthur's chart shows 1 challenging combination.

Planetary Combinations
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Which dasha is Jackson Arthur running now?

VIMSHOTTARI

Jackson Arthur is currently in the Saturn mahadasha, running from Jun 14, 2026 to Dec 24, 2026.

PREVIOUSApr 18, 2026 - Jun 14, 2026
Saturn / Ketu / Mercury
NOWJun 14, 2026 - Dec 24, 2026
Saturn / Venus / Venus
NEXTDec 24, 2026 - Feb 21, 2027
Saturn / Venus / Sun
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What do Jackson Arthur's numerology numbers say?

Jackson Arthur's core numbers are Life Path 9, Destiny 6, Soul Urge 6, Personality 9, Kabbalah Number 6, Birth 1.

∞Life Path
9

Chaldean Life Path 9 is Mars-in-service—courage with compassion. It indicates completion, humanitarian work, and lessons in letting go and higher purpose.

◎Destiny
6

Chaldean Destiny 6 indicates service and harmony as your expression. It supports counseling, teaching, design, healing, and community responsibility.

❖Soul Urge
6

Chaldean Soul 6 desires love, belonging, and responsibility. It seeks harmony at home and fulfillment through care and service.

◇Personality
9

Chaldean Personality 9 appears compassionate and broad-minded. Others often see generosity, ideals, and humanitarian nature.

∞Kabbalah Number
6

Kabbalah Number 6 reflects an inner spiritual code of care and harmony. It supports service, relationships, responsibility, and ethical choices.

✦Birth
1

Birth Number 1 in Vedic Astrology: discover personality traits, career strengths, challenges, and remedies to harmonize destiny for a confident, purpose-driven life.

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Life Events & Planetary Transits

Key events mapped against the active Dasha and planetary transits at the time.

1949
Relationship
First Sex 1949 (First sex at 13 with older boy)
1952
Mental Health
Anxiety attack 1952 (First nervous breakdown at 17)
1955
Social
Joined group 1955 (Joined U.S. Army)
1956
Death
Death : Suicide Attempt 28 August 1956 (Suicide attempt with pills, 21st birthday)
1982
Crime
Assault/ Battery Perpetration 15 March 1982 (Ferocious knife attack on Soldana)
1982
Mental Health
Psychotic episode 15 March 1982 (Frenzied attack of Soldana)
1997
Social
Institutionalized - prison, hospital 29 January 1997 (Mental hospital in London)
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Frequently Asked Questions

Common questions about this profile's Vedic astrology, birth chart, and numerology — answered by our astrologers.

How does Jackson Arthur's birth chart reveal his deeper spiritual drives and life purpose?

Jackson Arthur's chart, with both his Vedic Sun and Moon placed in Leo, points to a soul seeking intense self-expression and recognition. Yet his Cancer ascendant adds a deeply emotional, inward layer. Vedic astrology suggests his life purpose was tied to confronting profound inner turbulence, transforming pain into self-awareness. His chart reflects a karmic journey shaped by vulnerability, identity struggles, and the difficult work of emotional survival.

Which core personality traits does Jackson Arthur's astrological chart most strongly reflect?

Jackson Arthur's dual Leo placement in both Sun and Moon signs in Vedic astrology indicates a powerfully emotional, proud, and intensely feeling nature. His Cancer ascendant amplifies sensitivity and a deep need for security. Astrology sees in his chart a personality prone to dramatic inner swings, fierce emotional attachment, and a restless spirit, consistent with documented patterns of anxiety, instability, and the many relocations that marked his life.

What is Jackson Arthur's ascendant sign, and what does it say about how he approached the world?

Jackson Arthur has Cancer as his ascendant, or lagna. In Vedic astrology, Cancer rising individuals are ruled by the Moon, making them highly receptive, emotionally driven, and deeply influenced by their environment and early childhood experiences. This ascendant, combined with a double Leo placement, created a complex inner world for Jackson Arthur, one where intense emotional needs frequently clashed with a desire for bold self-assertion, contributing to his well-documented psychological fragility.

What does Jackson Arthur's Vedic birth chart indicate about his experiences in love and relationships?

Jackson Arthur's Leo Moon and Cancer ascendant in Vedic astrology suggest a person who loved with consuming intensity and sought deep emotional bonding. However, Cancer rising can produce possessive attachments when emotional wounds go unhealed. His chart indicates relationships were a source of both profound longing and destabilizing obsession. The documented fixation that led to a violent episode in 1982 reflects the darker potential of an unbalanced Moon-ruled chart driven by unresolved emotional needs.

What is Jackson Arthur's numerology life path number, and what deeper meaning does it carry for someone born in Aberdeen?

Jackson Arthur's life path number is 9, the number of the humanitarian, the old soul, and the seeker of universal truth. In numerology, a 9 life path carries themes of compassion, loss, and completion, often accompanied by significant suffering that forces spiritual growth. For Jackson Arthur, born in Aberdeen on 28 August 1935, this number resonates with a life marked by repeated endings, institutionalization, and a soul navigating extreme karmic lessons across his lifetime.

Why does Jackson Arthur's chart point to such a turbulent and unconventional life rather than a stable career path?

Jackson Arthur's Vedic chart, with Leo Sun, Leo Moon, and Cancer ascendant, creates a configuration where emotional volatility overshadows professional stability. Astrology associates this combination with creative fire that, without proper channeling, turns inward destructively. His personality profile includes prolonged unemployment, military service, and repeated institutionalization, all consistent with a chart where inner psychological storms made sustained conventional career building extremely difficult and where life itself became the primary, consuming arena of struggle.

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